Funny FACTopia!: World Book Day 2026: Follow the Trail of 100 Wacky Facts

Official World Book Day £1 book

Welcome to Funny FACTopia!, a world of hilarious, weird and astonishing facts. Did you know that zebras fart when they’re startled? Or that jellyfish have no brain? Or that T.rex had eyeballs the size of apples? Or that one spacesuit costs more than a lifetime supply of pizza? Every fact is connected to the next in an ingenious trail of information. Hop from topic to topic in unexpected and amusing ways, and discover facts about crocodiles, candyfloss, kings and queens, dinosaurs, doughnuts, planets, teeth, tongues, medicine, Middle Ages and more. And there isn’t just one trail through these pages: sometimes your path branches and you can choose to jump to a totally different (but still connected) part of the book. Where will your curiosity take you?

Created for World Book Day 2026, Funny FACTopia! is the latest addition to the bestselling FACTopia! series, which also includes: FACTopia!, Return to FACTopia!, Gross FACTopia!, Animal FACTopia!, History FACTopia!, Science FACTopia!, Secret FACTopia! and Epic FACTopia!

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